Bag for horns.



No. 778,061. PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904.

H. COHEN.

BAG FOR HORNS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1904.

NO MODEL.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR )hb ATTORNEY UNITED STATES Patented October 25,1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HYMAN COHEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR TO THE NATHAN TION OF NEW YORK.

BAG FOR HORNS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,061,dated October 25,1904. Application filed June 11, 1904. Serial No.212,081- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HYMAN COHEN, a citizen of Russia, and a resident ofNew York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bags for Horns, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to bags or covers for horns for phonographs,musical instruments, and the like; and its novelty consists in theconstruction and adaptation of the parts, as will be more fullyhereinafter pointed out.

One of the difiiculties now encountered in making a removable cover foradevice of the character referred to is the difficulty of making a tightfit, so that the resulting package will not be unsightly, and anotherdifficulty is the inconvenience of carrying with the horn and its covera tripod, stand, or bracket suitable to support the 'horn upon in use,and the purpose of my invention is to overcome these difficulties anddisadvantages and to make a neat and not high-priced bag suitable toinclose both the horn and its supporting mechanism. In addition toproviding a neat and close-fitting receptacle for such a horn, forinstance, my invention also provides a receptacle for the supportingmechanism so arranged as to cause said supporting mechanism when inposition in its receptacle to serve as a buffer and stiffener to preventthe bending or injury of the horn by pressure against or contact withhard or rigid articles on that side ofthe horn, thereby affording onefortified side,as it were, to serve to take all contact when the horn ismoved from place to place.

A further object of the invention is to provide a case for the horn ofimproved construction, as hereinafter specified.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved coverinclosing a horn and its bracket. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof;and Fig. 3isa perspective of the same with both pockets of the deviceopen, so as wholly to expose their contents.

In thedrawings, is the cover, made, preferably, of two pieces 11 and 12of suitable fabric, which should be waterproof. These are united by rowsof stitching 13 or any other suitable way down to a point 14, where theflaring mouth of the larger pocket begins. The stitching ends here, andthe larger end of body of the bag is there separated into two flaps l5and 16, forming oppositely-located pockets, the line of their closurebeing indicated at 17 in Fig. 2 and 18 in Fig. 1. These flaps are somade as to overlap at their widest part, a snap-catch 19, of theordinary construction of a glove-fastener, being there secured to theflaps to firmly unite them in position when upon or inclosing the horn.

Secured to the outside of the body 10 of the bag or cover and parallelwith the side-of the horn when inclosed is a smaller pocket 20, providedwith a flap 21, adapted to open and to be fastened in place by asnap-catch 22, similar to the snap-catch 19 on the bag or cover. Ahandle 30, secured at the side of the bag opposite to the smaller pocket20, adds to the convenience of the device and enables it to be readilycarried in the hand.

I have shown in Fig. 3 the flaps and 16 thrown back in such a positionthat the horn may be readilyremoved therefrom and the flap 21 opened andthrown back in such a position that the bracket or stand may be readilyremoved therefrom.

The supporting mechanism 50 is usually composed of metal bars, and whenthey are incased in the pocket 20 they serve as bufifers, guards, orstiffeners on the sideof the horn opposite to the handle 30, that sidebeing most liable to be injured while carrying it in the hand, due tothe tendency of a person to rest that side of the package on achair-back, table, hand-rail, or other handy support while temporarilystopping with the horn in the bag and carried by the handle.

What I claim as new is 1. A bag or cover for a horn consisting of twopieces of suitable flexible material each shaped to cover onelongitudinal half of the horn, said pieces being stitched together fromthe month end to a point near the flared end,

rigid supporting mechanism of the horn against and parallel to the sideof the horn where it serves as a guard or bufl'er to pre- 5 vent thebending or denting of the horn.

\Vitness my hand this (5th day of J une, 1904:,

at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York.

HYMAN UOHFN.

Witnesses:

HERMAN MEYER, ALAN MeDoXNnLL.

